Beaded tire cover



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l BEADED TIRE COVER Filed Jun e l2, 19.3 3

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Patented Nov. 26, 1935 c,o22,127 v PATENT OFFICE BEADED LTIRE COVERGeorge Albert Lyon, Auonhurst, N. J., assignmto Lyon Incorporated,Detroit, Mich., a. corporation of Delaware' Application June 12, 1933,serial No. 675,347

11 Claims.

v y'Ihis invention relates to a beaded-.construcl beading constructionwherein a beading strip may be applied to a member toV be ornamented orstrengthened without requiring the use of any fastening elements, suchas bolts, rivets or the like.

Another object of the inventionis to provide a beading strip andsupporting elements therefor on the member to which the strip is to beapplied, the elements and strip being so arranged that the stripmay bereadily applied to the member to be ornamented by merely hooking it overthe free ends 0f the elements and thereafter pressing it into tightvcooperation with the adjoining surface of the member being ornamented.

In accordance with the general features of this' invention, there isprovided a planar member to be ornamented, such, for example, as theside coveringv portion of a tire cover, having a plurality of outwardlyslanting tangs projecting therefrom and arranged in the form of a circleand an annular beading strip hooked over the free ends of the tangs andpressed inwardly toward the member to interlock the tangs and strip.

The beading, strip is preferablysplit so that it may be vprogressivelyhooked over lthe tangs It is also of such width as to cover the slots inthe planar member formed by the striking of tangs therefrom.

Other objects and features of Vthis invention vwill more fully appearfrom the following detail description taken in connection with theaccompanying drawing which illustrates a single embodiment thereof, andin which Figure 1 is a side view of a tire cover having my novel beadingconstruction applied thereto; FigureZ is an enlarged fragmentarysectional view taken on the line II.-II of Figure 1, `looking in thedirection rindicated by'v the arrows. and showing the cover applied t0aspare tire; 1

Figure v3 is a fragmentary lenlarged sectional view takzranL throughthecomponent parts of `my novel beading construction and showing thebeading -strip in the process of being applied to the retaining tangs;

Figure 4 isa sectional view similar to Figure 3,

showing the beading strip in its ultimate position wherein it is securedto the side covering portio bythe spaced resilient tangs; and

Figure 51s Aa fragmentary sectional view taken on` line V-Y of Figure 3,looking in the direction bead is progressively lhooked over the tangs.

(Cl'.l i1-10) indicated by the arrows and showing how the tangs arearranged so that one of the tangs overlaps the ends of the split beadingstrip.

The reference character I 0 designates generally a circular resilientsplit rim for cooperation 5. with an annular side plate II. These twocover .parts comprise vthe components of the wellknown-Lyon tire coversuch, for example, as is disclosed'in my U. S. Letters Patent No.1,807,697 which issued June 2nd, 1931. It is, of course, to 10 beunderstood that while I have illustrated my novel beadingconstruction asbeing applied to a tire cover of the Lyon type, the invention is not tobe thus limited but only insofar as delined'by` the scope and spirit ofthe appended claims. In 15 Figure 2, the' crosssectional shape of thetire cover is clearlyillustrated yand the cover is shown as beingapplied to a spare tire designated generally by the reference characterI2.

The side covering plate or portion II is of annular ishape` and is alsosubstantially planar in that it may be laid on a iiat surface in aposition substantially parallel thereto. Thismember I I has strucktherefrom a plurality of spaced tangs or projections I 5 arranged in theform of a circle; These tangs are each of a shape and construction shownin Figs. 3', 4 and 5. These tangs are each yieldable or resilient onaccount of the fact that the side covering portion I I is madepreferably of sheet metal.

These'tang-s or projections I5 are adapted to receivevand hold in yplacean annular beading strip I6 'which is preferably split so that it may beprogressively hooked over the free ends of the downwardly slanting tangsI5. The beading strip is made of any suitable material, but ispreferably made of sheet metal such, for eX- ample, as'stai'nles-ssteelpand may be suitably iinshed or plated to provide the desiredcontrastwith the tire cover. The upperedge of the circular strip I 6isturned inwardly upon itself as indicated at I1 to provide a rounded orturned edge. The other or inner side of the strip I6 is turned back uponitself at I8 to ,providev a rounded edge and a U-shaped iiange I9disposed between the rounded edge I8 and the body of thev strip proper.This U-shaped flange IS denes a reentrant pocket intoV which the freeends of the tangs I5 are adapted to be disposed when the VBy making thebeading strip split, as indicated at 20 in Figure 5,v it is possible toprogressively spring `orhook: the U-shaped ange I9 of the beading :stripover the free ends of thespaced tangs I5.,v Also, thebeading stripshouldbe s o 5551.

arranged with reference to the tangs that one of the tangs I5 Willoverlap both of the ends of the beading strip as is clearly shown inFigure 5.

Moreover, the beading strip I6 should be of such Width as to cover theslots 2l formed in the covering portion II when the tangs I5 are struckor blanked therefrom. It will be noted from Figure 4, that the roundededge I8 is so disposed With respect to the innermost extremity of eachof the slots 2| as to render such slots invisible when the beading stripis in its ultimate position on the side covering portion.

I also nd that it is advantageous to slightly bow or curve each of thetangs I5 whereby such tangs may yield as the beading strip is pressedinwardly from the position shown in Figure 3`toward the plate II andinto the final position shown in Figure 4. It will of course be evidentthat during this pressing operation thefree ends of the tangs I5 arecaused to rmly bite into the surface of the U-shaped ange I9 and tointerlock the bead to the tangs wherebyl the beading strip is held intight cooperation with the outer surface of the side plate II.

This beading construction is obviously more economical than beadingconstructions heretofore used, wherein bolts and rivets were'employed tosecure the beading strip on the rivets to be ornamented or strengthenedby the strip.

Now I `desire it understood that, while I have illustrated and describedin detail the preferred embodiment of this invention, the invention isnot to b'e thus limited but only insofar as defined by the scope andspirit of the appended claims.

I claim invention:

1. In ornamental structure of the class described, supporting means,bead kretaining means projecting in 'an arcuate formation from saidsupporting means, 'a longitudinally arcuate bead having complemental.retaining means in an arcuate formation formed to be interlocked withthe aforesaid retaining means, one of said retaining means beingdistortable and distorted by said 'bead and supporting meansinto a.different arcuate formation into interlocking biting engagement withthe `other retaining means as said bead and supporting means are forcedtoward each other.

2. In ornamental structure of the class described, a supporting membercomprising a tire cover or the like, a molding retaining meansprojecting from said member in a longitudinally curved for-m,longitudinallyV curved molding means for said member and formed to berpositioned in interlockable relation with the retaining means, one 'ofsaid means being `distortable so as to interlock with the other meanswhen one of "said means is forced toward the supporting member, both of"said means extending longitudinaliy throughout more than 180 so as tomaintain vthe linterlocked relation.

3. In combination, a'support member, `a longitudina'lly curved moldingmember therefor, 'one of said members having radially 'distortableretaining ftangs'in'aseriesmo're than 180 in extent and the other'member'being formed Ato receive said tangs When distorted, said'membersbeing constructed Aand arranged to be interlocked through 'said tangs bydistortion of `said tangs into biting engagement with said other member,as said 'members are forced together by relative axial -'moven'ient intoassembled relation.

4. In combination, a support-member, a longitudin'a'lly curved moldingmember therefor, one of saidmembers 'having radially vdistortableretaining tangs in a series more than 180 in extent `and arranged to bedistorted into an arc of a different radius so as to retain thedifferent shape, the other member being formed to receive the tangs whenso distorted, said members being 5 constructed and arranged to beinterlocked through said tangs by distortion of said tangs into saidother member as said members are forced together by relative axialmovement into assembled relation. 10

5. In combination, a support member having longitudinally curvedretaining means, a longitudinally curved molding member therefor, havingco-operative retaining means at one margin, one of said means beingdistortable toward the other means into a different radial shape as saidmembers are forced together into assembled relation and formed to remaindistorted While said members are assembled, said molding member beingconnected to said support member solely 2O by, said means.

6. Amethod of applying a longitudinally arcu-V ate and recessed bead toa longitudinallyV arcu-v ately recessed tire cover or the likesupport,comprising the steps of placing the bead and support with their recessesconcentric and foroing'said support and bead axially against each otherby' pressure applied to the outer side of the bead and at the same timebending a wall of one of n said recesses into the other recess. '*A

7. A method of applying a longitudinally arcuate and recessed bead to' alongitudinally arcuately recessed tire cover or the like support,comprising the steps .of plaoing'the bead and v support with theirrecesses concentric and with a Wall of one recessdisposed in the otherrecess so as to mount said bead on said support, and forcing saidsupport and bead axially against each other by pressure applied to theouter side of the bead and at the `same time bending a Wall 40 of one ofsaid recesses into the other recess.

8. k.A method of applying a longitudinally arcuate and recessed bead toa longitudinally arcuately recessed tire cover or the like support,comprising the steps of placing the bead and S.' support with theirrecesses concentric and forcing said support and bead axially againsteach other by pressure applied to the outer vside of the bead and .atthe same time bending a wall of one of said irecessesinto the otherrecess to such 'i an extent as 'to clamp the inner wallfof said'otherrecess-between thefwalls-of said one recess.

9. The method of attaching a longitudinally arcuate Vbead Lto a supporthaving distortable retaining means projecting from the support '-in a55"- longitudinally arcuate iarrangement, comprising thefstepsofspringing Vt'hebeadionto said means so as to extend between said meansand the support in spaced relation `to 4the support, and pressi-ng thebead and means toward the vsupport to such an extent as to 4distort saidmeans toward and into biting engagement with the bead and retain saidmeans so distortedwhile the beadand` support are assembled. I 65 10. Incombination, a .support member. lcomprising a 4tire cover or `the likehaving retaining means, vva Vlongitudinally larcuate bead of arcuatecross-section with one edge portionservingas a retaining means formed tobe interlocked with y the aforesaid retaining means, and with the vother:edge portionadjacent `said support, lone vof said means beingpermanently `distortable yand distorted, upon application yofpressurefon the 'bead toward thesupport, into ybiting engagement ywith 75,;

the Vother means with said other edge portion disposed against saidsupport. f

11. In combination, a support having retaining means in an arcuateformation, a bead in the K 5 form of a split ring shielding andinterlocked with each other, said means including a distortable portiondistorted into biting engagement with both of said ends to hold them inalinement with each other.

GEORGE ALBERT LYON.

